12 Angry Men (1957)
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Angry Men is the most probing, incisive, and penetrating look
into the hearts and minds of a jury that has ever been filmed.
Sidney Lumet made his film directing debut with this sensitive and
absorbing 1957 classic.
A young Puerto Rican is on trial for murder, and eleven of the
jurors are ready to pronounce him guilty. Only one of the jurors
(Henry Fonda) stands against a rush to judgment.
Fonda gave one of the most forceful performances of his
distinguished career as the open-minded juror whose logical
reasoning changes the verdict in a murder case.
Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Martin Balsam, Jack
Klugman, and Jack Warden are just a few of the diverse jurors
whose lives, prejudices, strengths, and weaknesses are revealed in
the confines of the locked jury room.
It's not as claustrophobic as it may sound; this movie has such
powerful and perceptive acting, writing, direction and camera
work, it will keep you as spellbound as the defendant on trial.
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